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This is at Bowling Green Marshes (Exeter UK) about 9:30am but still good light.

And yes it is a Little Egret; we get a lot of them on the south coast now and not sure how they compare to the American ones

They come in sizes but the most common around here seem a bit smaller than your picture. That could be an illusion too having to do with the angle of the shot. I am in Florida in the US and the old local name is "cow birds" The follow the cows around and whenever one "drops a load" they are on it I had a couple of shots of them nesting in the branches of a fallen, dead tree for the evening

Your shot really captures the morning glow just before the day really opens for business